Army Center for Military History FOIA Complete

[BCR]

In August of 2007 I initiated a FOIA with the Army Center for Military History for copies of interviews conducted by them shortly after the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. Since the Army took the brunt of the losses resulting from the attack, their effort to document the impact upon their staff was significant (799 interviews). The master list of interviews is available for download here in pdf format.

Some of the interviews had been transcribed and were relatively easy to obtain copies of. However, many had not been transcribed. Further, although the Pentagon waived the review fees for me, the search and duplication fees involved were significant. So I limited the FOIA to those individuals who actually saw the plane, and what I hope is a good sampling to represent those who were trapped inside, or who offered support after-the-fact. The complete list of interviews obtained with downloadable pdf's and mp3 audio is available here.

The CMH operation is a small one located at Fort McNair (across the Potomac from DCA). The remaining audio cassettes had to be redacted manually by their small staff of historians. This effort was complicated by the fact that those redacting the tapes had to re-live those events as they listened to the accounts again. Today, the final 25 audio cassettes arrived and I will be converting them to mp3 and uploading them to the CMH folder. I'll update this thread as I update the folder.

A note to CIT. These interviews are available to anyone and are public domain documents; however make sure you credit JREF or AAL77.COM if you decide to add them to your propaganda campaign.

 

[T.A.M.]

I am asking you this because the morons of CIT will no doubt bring it up.

Of the interviews you obtained, how many of them involved witnesses in a position to see the plane actually impact the Pentagon, and of those, how many of them actually said the words "I saw the airplane HIT THE PENTAGON".

The CIT crew are big time on these semantics, as they then use it to state,

"There are NO WITNESSES who actually confess to seeing the aircraft HIT THE PENTAGON."

I think we had this argument with Ranke when he was allowed to post here. We gave him a few witnesses who said just that, but he tried to bring them all into question, either based on reports of where the witnesses were located, or who they worked for, etc...

TAM

 

[BCR]

Darn, I have not done an itemized inventory of those, but easily more than a dozen.

 

[BCR]

NEIT 049 - SGT [Name Exempt B6] Co. E, 3d Inf, 10/2/01 [Name Exempt B6] The communications chief of the HQ platoon, SGT [Name Exempt B6] describes the events of 11 September and the actions of his company at the Pentagon, where he and others spent 16-hour days examining debris and recovered material in the North Parking lot. (mp3 audio)

NEIT 123 - SGT [Name Exempt B6], MDW Engineers, 10/18/01 [Name Exempt B6] SGT [Name Exempt B6] gives physical description of Pentagon attack site and the search and rescue techniques methods used. (mp3 audio)

 

[ElMondoHummus]

Darn, I have not done an itemized inventory of those, but easily more than a dozen.

So in other words, it's safe to say that the claim of no direct witnesses to the impact itself is conclusively proven as incorrect?

 

[BCR]

So in other words, it's safe to say that the claim of no direct witnesses to the impact itself is conclusively proven as incorrect?

Oh, very much so. I should also add that the MP's at Fort McNair (across the river) who witnessed the attack did not see any plane flying over the Potomac from the Pentagon, nor over to DCA.

NEIT 152 - SSG [Name Exempt B6], 204th MP Co., Ft. Polk, LA, 10/23/01 [Name Exempt B6] SSG [Name Exempt B6] Duty NCO for Ft McNair MP's at time of attack. Took initiative to increase security there. Two of his soldiers on duty witnessed plane hit Pentagon. (mp3 audio)

 

[Horatius]

I can already tell you why the CIT boys will ignore all of these witnesses:

Name Exempt B6

How often have they derided "anonymous" witnesses?

 

[BCR]

Double standard. Where do you think they got the ANC witnesses from? Yep, these interviews which they went to the scene and confirmed. So they have already established that these interviews are legit and verifiable.

 

[BCR]

These are interviews related to the 12th AVN BN from Davidson Army Airfield. DAA operated the helipad at the Pentagon and provided helicopter support after the attack. Sean Boger’s 11/14/2001 interview is among them.

NEIT 288 - [Name Exempt B6], (DAC), Co. E, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] discusses how he managed air traffic control at Davison Army Airfield on and after 11 September. He also describes how the air traffic control tower at the Pentagon was reconstructed. (pdf file)

NEIT 295 - SPC [Name Exempt B6], Co. E, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] SPC [Name Exempt B6] was in the helipad control tower at the Pentagon at the time of the attack. She was injured by debris when the tower shifted from the impact of the explosion. (pdf file)

NEIT 299 - [Name Exempt B6] (DAC), Co. E, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 was an air traffic controller at the Pentagon. The tower at the helipad was destroyed by the blast of the explosion at the Pentagon and he was injured when the tower glass imploded. Helped rescue other personnel. His car was also destroyed in the attack. (pdf file)

NEIT 300 - CW3 [Name Exempt B6], HHC, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] CWO3 [Name Exempt B6] Rotary wing pilot for 12th AV BN that shuffled key personnel around on the day of attack and sub sequential weeks following. Due to the sensitivity of some flights details were not gone into. (mp3 audio)

NEIT 301 - CPT [Name Exempt B6] HHC, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] CPT [Name Exempt B6] Rotary wing pilot and operations officer for the 12th AV BN. He transferred assests and key personnel around on day of attack. Due to the sensitivity of some missions, details were not elaborated upon. (mp3 audio)

NEIT 303 - CW3 [Name Exempt B6] Co. A, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] CW3 [Name Exempt B6] Rotary wing pilot for 12th AV BN. He shuttled assets and key personnel around during the attack and subsequential days following. Due to the sensitivity of some missions, details were not elaborated upon. (mp3 audio)

NEIT 305 - CPT [Name Exempt B6], CDR, Co. E, 12th Avn Bn, 11/16/01 [Name Exempt B6] CPT [Name Exempt B6] describes the air traffice control and maintenance operations his company performed from 11 to 30 September. The two air traffic controllers in the Pentagon control tower belong to his company. (mp3 audio)

NEIT 321 - [Name Exempt B6] DAC, Co. E, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] Mr. [Name Exempt B6] explains the communications between control tower of Reagan National and his tower at Davison Army Airfield. Also discusses details of evacuation of skies of civilian and military aircraft. (pdf file)

NEIT 322 - CW2 [Name Exempt B6], Co. A, 12th Avn Bn, 11/14/01 [Name Exempt B6] CW2 [Name Exempt B6] Discussed flight missions for support and maintenance 9/11. Gave a flight matrix. Tells how remains were flown to Dover, DE (pdf file)

 

[BCR]

A very good survivor's story. Describes a secondary explosion event.

NEIT 319 - [Name Exempt B6], Contractor, SAIC Inc, ODCSPRO, 11/15/01 [Name Exempt B6] Located in [Name Exempt B6] he immediately left office on impact, but returned to E ring. There he helped rescue people off the 4th corridor. Gives many accounts of escape and rescue efforts of DAMO-SS office and makes observations, AAR, and perceptions of the military. (mp3 audio)

 

[BCR]

A lot of truther sites make a big deal about those yellow suits and "depleted uranium". The actual story behind them is more mundane, and for that, the two ladies who implemented those suits are the best source.

NEIT 318 - [Name Exempt B6] MDW Safety Office, 11/16/01 – [Name Exempt B6] As safety officer she went to camp unity to observe if safety procedures were being observed. She made safety recommendations for possible bio and chemical contamination. (pdf file)

NEIT 323 - [Name Exempt B6] Director, MDW Safety Office, 11/16/01 [Name Exempt B6] MDW Safety administrator. She oversaw safety concerns at the Pentagon site and made sure that proper decontamination, safety and such topics were addressed. (mp3 audio)

 

[T.A.M.]

Excellent work 911files. I would like to think it would be enough to make the CIT idiots realize their stupidity...but I doubt it.

TAM

 

[bonavada]

The CIT crew are big time on these semantics, as they then use it to state,
"There are NO WITNESSES who actually confess to seeing the aircraft HIT THE PENTAGON.

As 9-11files states there are quite a few witnesses in the list who state they saw the aircraft impact the Pentagon.

Excellent resource for anyone interested in what happened that day. Full credit to 9-11files for hunting these down.

Here's the first few impact witnesses from the OP link with a little summary of what they saw. (Hope I'm not stepping on any toes doing this):-

QDR Action Officer Signals Corps
NEIT 225

(On road near Pentagon)

Driving past the Pentagon, she heard the noise of an aircraft engine then:-

".....I turned to look and all I saw was a white flash. But I saw the impact as it hit the side of the Pentagon, like right where I worked"

Heliport ATC
NEIT 229

Pentagon Heliport.

He sees traffic has stopped then sees aircraft approach:-

"I just see like the nose and wing of an aircraft just like coming right at us, and he didn't veer"

"And then you just heard the noise and then he just smacked into the building, and when it hit the building, I am watching the plane go all the way into the building. So once the plane went into the building it exploded......"

Facility Manager Arlington National Cemetery
NEIT 419

In his Office, 800 feet from Pentagon.

Sitting at his desk, hears a jet engine:-

"And I'm just watching and I'm just anmazed that it, it happened pretty quick, too. And it hit the thing [Pentagon] and it was just the most God-awful loudest noise."

I've got an hour or so to spare so I'll compile the rest tonight.


ETA only found one more unequivocal impact witness so far. There are other testimonies that may have seen the impact but are not entirely clear on that aspect.

Cemetery Foreman
NEIT 420

Vantage point not clear

"The wingspan was out here somewhere. I imagine the main part of the plane might have been [.....] passing us and went straight into that building and there was a huge explosion. It was terrible"

BV

 

[Bobert]

I am sure that any moment now poor craigy weggy will start a thread over at LCf to claim you are wrong.

 

[BCR]

As 9-11files states there are quite a few witnesses in the list who state they saw the aircraft impact the Pentagon.

Excellent resource for anyone interested in what happened that day. Full credit to 9-11files for hunting these down.

Here's the first few impact witnesses from the OP link with a little summary of what they saw. (Hope I'm not stepping on any toes doing this)

My toes don't hurt at all and your efforts are appreciated. It'll take a few days to get all of these converted and up. You are correct, they provide wonderful background from people who were there as it happened (inside and out).

 

[T.A.M.]

it will be "interesting" to see his "response" to the testimonies.

TAM

 

[DGM]

it will be "interesting" to see his "response" to the testimonies.

TAM

They will be ignored. Think about all the evidence they already ignore, do you think they would let reality get in the way of their fantasy?

 

[DavidJames]

Anonymous witnesses, interviewed by govt related people, Ha. CIT doesn't even believe witnesses they interview if what they say disagrees with their fantasy.

 

[Bobert]

It was a giant "flash bang" that prevented EVERYONE from seeing the flyover except of course those that the CIT claims saw it!
Well except for the small part about how these people didnt really see it but the CIT just claims they saw it.

 

[Horatius]

Double standard. Where do you think they got the ANC witnesses from? Yep, these interviews which they went to the scene and confirmed. So they have already established that these interviews are legit and verifiable.

...and when have double standards ever bothered these guys?

I stand by my prediction.


But, yes, good work getting all this info. Those who are interested in the actual truth owe you thanks!